Lancia Delta
The Lancia Delta was announced in October 1979 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and won the 1980 Car Of The Year award.
The Giugiaro styling further continued his "origami" look, and as a result it bears a strong similarity to a five-door VW Golf Mk1.
Unusually there was not a three-door model, they all came with five-doors.
The 1498cc model shared the engine with the Fiat Strada 85 but in slightly higher compression form.
Between 1980 and 1982 the Delta was also sold in Sweden, Finland and Norway as the Saab 600. This small scale joint venture paved the way for the later Fiat-Lancia-Alfa-Saab "Type Four" project.
The Delta is most famous for the Integrale high performance four wheel drive variant, built for World Rallying.
Magazine road tests and mentions
CAR Magazine, September 1976
Oracle
Lancia's new 1300cc Fulvia saloon for 1977 has caused so much controversy within the company that former MD Gobatto left. His place has been taken by Ing Sguazzini. Ital Design's Giugiaro styled the new car
What Car? September 1979
News
This is what Lancia's new small car will look like. Called the Delta it features running gear from the Fiat Strada clothed in a new Ital Design hatchback body.
CAR Magazine, November 1979
Scoop! Delta - Lancia's pearl for the austerity '80s
Ian Fraser on an oh-so-civilised and quite delectable newcomer from Italy that brings a touch of class to the small-car market
CAR Magazine, September 1980
Giant Test
Talbot Horizon 1.5 SX v Lancia Delta v Volvo 345DL
CCC Magazine, June 1982
Lancia Delta Turbo 4x4
It's all go behind the scenes in northern Italy's automobile playground
Car Magazine, August 1982
Giant Test
Volvo 345GL v Lancia Delta v Honda Quintet
CAR Magazine, March 1983
Lancia pump fresh (Fiat) life into the Delta with a speedy GT, plus new 1.3 litre and auto versions / Ronald Barker
CAR Magazine, September 1983
Newcomers : Delta on the wing
Supercharging experts Lancia turn to the turbo to give the Delta class winning speed
CCC Magazine, May 1986
Tour de Fours
Group B rally homologation has led in no uncertain terms to the rapid evolution of a new breed of limited edition four-wheel drive supercars. The full rally specifications of Ford's svelte new RS200 and Lancia's boxy Delta S4 have already been well documented and frequently discussed in these pages, but how do these two new cars measure up on the road?
Performance Car, March 1988
All-wheel drive club
Audi Quattro v Mazda 323 Turbo 4x4 v BMW 325iX v Lancia Delta HF Turbo 4WD v Ford Sierra XR4x4
Performance Car, April 1988
Integrale on sale
Lancia's scorching Delta HF Integrale, rally-bred four-wheel-drive car has gone on sale in the UK with a £15,455 price tag.
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